Sign



Patented Dec. 22, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. i

SIGN.

Application led September 22, 1922. Serial No. 589,760.

To all whom t may concer/n:

Be it known that I, ANTHONY ELTON Davis, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Signs, of which the following is a specication.

The invention relates to signs of the kind that include a pedestal and that are usually used by placing them upon the sidewalk or ground in front of a store, sho-p or place of business in which can be obtained the article advertised on the sign.

The principal objects of the present invention are, first, to provide a sign of the character referred to which shall be attraew tive in appearance; and second, to provide a sign of the type specified which shall be comparatively inexpensive to make yet strong and durable in use and capable of withstanding the hard usage to which such signs are subjected in transportation, in high winds and in other recurrent circumstances. Generally stated, a sign of the invention includes in combination a metal strip of T-shape in cross-section in the form of a hollow rectangular frame and of which the head is disposed outside and is continuous, and of which the web ranges inwards and is cut away at the corners and provides a support for sign attachment, signs as of metal arranged back to back and within the frame and attached to the web, and legs secured to the T-head of the frame and arranged at one edge thereof. The invention further comprises the improvements to be presently described and finally claimed.

In the following description reference will be made to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof and in which Figure l is an elevational view of a sign embodying features of the invention with parts of the sign plates omitted.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure l, and

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view drawn to an enlarged scale of the strip of T-shape.

In the drawings 1 is a metal strip oi T-shape in cross-section and it is in the form of a hollow rectangularframe. The head 2 of the strip is disposed outside and is continuous being connected at 3 as by welding, and the web 4: ranges inward and is cut away at the corners as at 5. The web 4 provides a support for sign attachment for which purpose it may be perforated as at 6. 7 and 8 are sign plates applied to the opposite faces of the frame and arranged with their rims inside of the frame and against the opposite faces of the web l to which they are attached as by fastenings 9. 10 are pedestals secured to the parts of the head of the T section and arranged at one edge of the frame and consisting of legs l1 and a brace 12 for the legs.

From the foregoing description it is evident that the sign holder, which includes thc frame and pedestals, can be rapidly, conveniently and economically made. and the finished sign presents a sightly appearanceand is strong and durable.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which the invention relates that modiications may be made in details of construction and arrangementwithout departing from the spirit of the invention which is not limited as to those matters or otherwise than as the prior art and the appended claims may require.

I claim:

l. A sign of the type specified comprising in combination a rigid metal strip of T-shape cross-section in the form of a rectangular hollow frame and of which the head is disposed outside and is continuous and curved and of which the web ranges inwards and is cut away at the corners and provides a support for sign attachment, and pedestals immovably secured to one edge of the frame.

2. A sign of the type specified comprising in combination a rigid metal strip of T-shape cross-section in the form of a rectangular hollow frame and of which the head is disposed outside and is continuous and curved and of which the web ranges inwards and is cut away at the corners, sign plates applied to opposite faces of the web and arranged within the frame, and pedestals immovably secured to one edge of the frame.

ANTHONY ELTON DAVIS. 

